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Financing of the United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium (1997), para. 07
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- Taking into account the fact that the economically more developed countries are in a position to make relatively larger contributions and that the economically less developed countries have a relatively limited capacity to contribute towards such an operation,
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- Economic Rights
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Preventing and combating corrupt practices and the transfer of proceeds of corruption, facilitating asset recovery and returning such assets to legitimate owners, in particular to countries of origin, in accordance with the United Nations Convention against Corruption (2017), para. 014
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- Realizing that the fight against corruption at all levels, including by facilitating international cooperation to achieve the purposes enshrined in t he Convention, including on asset recovery and return, plays an important role in the promotion and protection of all human rights and in the process of creating an environment conducive to their full enjoyment and realization,
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- Economic Rights
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The causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa (1998), para. 21
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- 9. Calls upon the international community to supplement national efforts by providing African countries with sufficient concessional resources for capacity-building and the attainment of a substantial and sustained pace of economic growth and development;
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- Economic Rights
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Financing of the United Nations Protection Force, the United Nations Confidence Restoration Operation in Croatia, the United Nations Preventive Deployment Force and the United Nations Peace Forces headquarters (2000), para. 13
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- Taking into account the fact that the economically more developed countries are in a position to make relatively larger contributions and that the economically less developed countries have a relatively limited capacity to contribute towards such an operation,
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- Economic Rights
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The situation in Afghanistan (2009), para. 086
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- 74. Urges the Government of Afghanistan, supported by the international community, to work to mainstream counter-narcotics throughout all the national programmes and to ensure that counter-narcotics is a fundamental part of the comprehensive approach, as well as to increase its efforts against opium cultivation and drug trafficking in accordance with the balanced eight-pillar plan of the Afghan National Drug Control Strategy; 15F 16
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Role of the United Nations in promoting development in the context of globalization and interdependence (2008), para. 18
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- 3. Also recognizes that domestic economies are now interwoven with the global economy and that globalization affects all countries in different ways, and that countries on the one hand have trade and investment opportunities to, inter alia, fight poverty, while on the other face constraints in the degree of flexibility they have in pursuing their national development strategies;
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Questions of American Samoa, Anguilla, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Guam, Montserrat, Pitcairn, St. Helena, the Turks and Caicos Islands and the United States Virgin Islands (1999), para. 131
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- 3. Requests the administering Power and relevant regional and international organizations to continue to support the efforts of the territorial Government to address the socio-economic development of the Territory;
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Right to work (2018), para. 28
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- 16. Encourages States to effectively implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including its Goal 8 on promoting sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all, and its targets;
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- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
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Promotion at the regional level in the Organization forSecurity and Cooperation in Europe of the United Nations programme of action on the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons in all its aspects (2003), para. 8
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- 1. Reaffirms the importance of measures to prevent, combat and eradicate the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons in all its aspects, including ongoing efforts at the regional and subregional levels;
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- Economic Rights
- Environment
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International trade and development (2010), para. 37
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- 29. Also requests the Secretary-General to transmit the present resolution to the Director-General of the World Trade Organization for circulation as a document of the World Trade Organization.
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Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination (2009), para. 08
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- Deeply concerned at the loss of life, the substantial damage to property and the negative effects on the policy and economies of affected countries resulting from criminal mercenary activities,
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The effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights (2013), para. 36
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- 23. Reaffirms the fact that the exercise of the basic rights of the people of debtor countries to food, housing, clothing, employment, education, health services and a healthy environment cannot be subordinated to the implementation of structural adjustment policies, growth programmes and economic reforms arising from the debt;
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- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Social & Cultural Rights
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Sustainable tourism and sustainable development in Central America (2020), para. 19
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- Acknowledging the importance of ongoing actions to accelerate the shift towards sustainable consumption and production 5 in the tourism sector while contributing to sustainable development and resilient societies,
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- Economic Rights
- Environment
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United Nations Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property (2004), para. 036
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- (iii) any other contract or transaction of a commercial, industrial, trading or professional nature, but not including a contract of employment of persons.
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- Civil & Political Rights
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Integration of the economies in transitioninto the world economy (2005), para. 16
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- 4. Stresses the need to focus international assistance to countries with economies in transition on those facing particular difficulties in socio-economic development, implementing market-oriented reforms and meeting internationally agreed development goals, including those contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration, 5 and welcomes efforts made by countries with economies in transition to improve governance and institutional capabilities in order to use aid more effectively;
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- Economic Rights
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Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (2013), para. 29
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- 10. Calls upon the administering Powers to ensure that economic and other activities in the Non-Self-Governing Territories under their administration do not adversely affect the interests of the peoples but instead promote development, and to assist them in the exercise of their right to self-determination;
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Implementation of the Third United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2018–2027) (2020), para. 25
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- Underscoring that, for all countries, public policies and the mobilization and effective use of domestic resources, underscored by the principle of national ownership, are central to the common pursuit of sustainable development, including achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, recognizing that domestic resources are first and foremost generated by economic growth, supported by an enabling environment at all levels, including well-functioning, efficient and transparent tax systems, and acknowledging the important role that multi-stakeholder partnerships, including with the private sector, can play in generating new investments, employment and financing for development,
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- Economic Rights
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The effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights (2011), para. 07
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- Emphasizing that the World Conference on Human Rights agreed to call upon the international community to make all efforts to help to alleviate the external debt burden of developing countries in order to supplement the efforts of the Governments of such countries to attain the full realization of the economic, social and cultural rights of their people,
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- Economic Rights
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International trade and development (1998), para. 30
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- 19. Stresses that all members of the World Trade Organization should implement their commitments in respect of the Uruguay Round agreements in a full, timely, faithful and continuous manner and that all provisions of the Final Act Embodying the Results of the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations 5 should be applied effectively, taking into account the specific interests of developing countries, so as to maximize economic growth and the developmental benefits for all and, in this respect, reiterates the need for the full implementation of special and preferential treatment for developing countries in accordance with the Uruguay Round agreements;
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- Economic Rights
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Implementation of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s (1998), para. 05
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- Recognizing that, despite some improvements in economic performance in several countries in Africa, the continent continues to face critical social and economic problems,
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- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
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Preventing and combating corrupt practices and illegal transfer of funds and repatriation of such funds to the countries of origin (2001), para. 04
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- Recognizing the importance of international cooperation and existing international and national laws for combating corruption in international commercial transactions,
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- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
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The right to privacy in the digital age (2017), para. 20
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- Recalling that business enterprises have a responsibility to respect human rights as set out in the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations “Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework, and that the obligation and the primary responsibility to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms lie with the State,
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Happiness: towards a holistic approach to development (2011), para. 02
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- Bearing in mind the purposes and principles of the United Nations, as set forth in the Charter of the United Nations, which include the promotion of the economic advancement and social progress of all peoples,
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Strengthening regional and international cooperation to ensure peace, stability and sustainable development in the Central Asian region (2018), para. 10
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- (f) Ensuring reliable and stable transit in respect of energy carriers and energy resources, including through the effective implementation of existing regional energy projects, 6
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- Environment
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World Food Safety Day (2019), para. 05
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- Noting also that improving food safety contributes positively to trade, employment and poverty alleviation,
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- Economic Rights
- Food & Nutrition
- Poverty
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Financing of the United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador (1996), para. 07
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- Taking into account the fact that the economically more developed countries are in a position to make relatively larger contributions and that the economically less developed countries have a relatively limited capacity to contribute towards such an operation,
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- Economic Rights
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Financing of the United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan (1997), para. 07
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- Taking into account the fact that the economically more developed countries are in a position to make relatively larger contributions and that the economically less developed countries have a relatively limited capacity to contribute towards such an operation,
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- Economic Rights
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Entrepreneurship for development (2015), para. 08
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- Taking note of the ministerial declaration adopted at the high-level segment of the substantive session of 2012 of the Economic and Social Council, entitled “Promoting productive capacity, employment and decent work to eradicate poverty in the context of inclusive, sustainable and equitable economic growth at all levels for achieving the Millennium Development Goals”, 11
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- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Poverty
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Financing of the United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium and the Civilian Police Support Group (1998), para. 07
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- Taking into account the fact that the economically more developed countries are in a position to make relatively larger contributions and that the economically less developed countries have a relatively limited capacity to contribute towards such an operation,
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The financial crisis and its impact on growth and development, especially in the developing countries (1999), para. 29
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- 16. Calls upon the international community to pursue national and international efforts, at the intergovernmental and inter-agency levels, to contribute to minimizing the excessive volatility of global financial flows and to distribute in a more equitable manner the costs of systemic adjustments between the public and private sectors;
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- Economic Rights
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